Filing device for talking-machine records



A. L. WEIS- FILING DEVICE FOR TALKING MACHINE RECORDS. APPLICATION FILED 050.24, 1920 magma.

Patented Nov. 7, 1922.

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' Patented Nov. 7, 19%

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- A. I.- WEIS.

'FILING' DEVICE' FOR TALKING MACHINE RECORDS.

APPLICATION FILEDDEC- 24, I920.

Patented Nov. 7, 31922 I I I I 4 I 4 sums-sum a A. L. WEIS. FILING DEVICE FOR TALKING MACHINE RECORDS.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 24.1920. I Patented Nov. 7, 11922.

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ANDREW L. WEIS, OF MONROE, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO THE WEIS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF MONROE, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF lMIGI-IIGAN.

FILING- DEVICE FOR TALKING-MACHINE RECORDS.

Application filed. December 24, 1920.

To all whom it may comerm Be it known that I, ANDREW L. 121s, a citizen of the United States, residing at Monroe, in the county of li lonroe and State of Michigan, have invented a certain new useful Improvement in Filing Devices for Talkingdilachine Records, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to filing devices for hoiding the fiat or disk-like records of talking machines and phonographs.

Generally stated, the object of the invention is to provide an improved construction and arrangement whereby each record is held in a pocket, and whereby each pocketis individually removable bodily, in an edge wise direct-ion, for a limited distance from between the other pockets, thereby to facilitate the removal of any particular record.

It is also an object to provide an improved construction and arrangement whereby all of the pockets are movable together into position to facilitate said individual movement of each pocket.

Another object is to provide a novel and improved form of pocket for each record, whereby each pocket-is formed from a Hat blank comprising only two foldably connected sections, so that the pockets require lateral support of each other, when in use, in order to prevent the two side Walls thereof from spreading apart.

It is also an. object to provide an improved construction and arrangement tending to facilitate the insertion of the records in the pockets.

It is also an object to provide certain details and features of construction and combinations tending to increase the general efficiency and desirability of a talking machine record filing device of this particular character.

To these and other useful ends the invention consists in matters hereinafter set forth and claimed and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fi, ure 1 is a side elevation of a talking machine or phonograph cabinet equipped with filing devices embodying the principles of the invention.

Figure 2 is a front elevation of said talking machine or phonograph cabinet.

Figure 3 is a plan view of'two of the Serial No. 432,909.

blanks from which the pockets are made, showing the manner in which economy in the use of the sheet material is practiced or obtained in the cutting of the blanks.

Figure is a side elevation of one of the blanks.

I Figure 5 is an edge view of one of said pockets.

Figure 6 is a vertical section on line (36 in Figure 4.

Figure 7 is an enlarged sectional view showing the manner in which the pockets are held in'the container which is movable a distance with the pockets and records therein, in order to facilitate the subsequent individual shifting of the pockets, and to facilitate the removal of the records.

Figure 8 is a section on line 88 in Figi ure 7.

Figure 9 is a bottom view of one of the containers in which the pockets are held.

Figure 10 is a detail fragmentary view of the lower front edge portion of the housing or abinet.

Figure 11 is a sectional view similar to Figure 7, but on a line through a different container. thereby to illustrate how the containers all preferably have the same external dimensions, but have provisions inside thereof, in some of the containers, to render them suitable for holding the pockets for records of smaller dimensions.

Figure 12 is an enlarged view showing the blank from which the index attachment is made.

Fig. 13 is a perspective of the index device.

Figure 14 is a view similar to Figure 4, showing a different form of the invention.

Figure 15 is a view similar to Figure 11 showing another form of the invention, and showing the slidable container in the upright position which it occupies before tilting forward.

Figure 16 is a view similar to Figure 15, showing the container pushed back into the cabinet or casing.

Figure 17 is a view similar to Figure 3, with'certain portions broken away for convenience in illustration, showing another form of the invention.

Figure 18 is an enlarged detail section on line 18-l8 in Figure 17 As thus illustrated, it will be understood that the talking machine or phonograph abinet 1 can be of any suitable, known or approred construction. In accordance with the form of the invention shown and described, which is illustrative of the broad idea, the said cabinet is provided with a plurality of containers 2 arranged side by side in upright position, each container being flat or rectangular in form.

As shown in Figure 7, each container coin-- prises a flat side wall 3 of rectangular form, and of full height, the other side wall i: being reduced in heigl'it by the wide or shallow notchfi formed at the upper edge thereof. whereby the edge of one wall slightly below the edge of the other wall, to facilitate the removal of the records, as will hereinafter more fully appear. Each container also has a bottom wall provided with a longitudinal groove therein. and a cabinet is provided with a stop for engaging each groove of the said containers. Each groove (7) terminates at (9), to provide a shoulder which, when it engages the stop (8), limits the outward movement of the container from the chamber (10) of the cabinet. It will be seen that the containers are all of the same external dimensions, and are a little less in width than the height of said chamber (10) in which they are enclosed. Each container has a front wall (11) and a rear end wall (12), whereby each container is practically in the form of aflat rectangular box which is open at its top. Each container has its front wall provided with a transverse cleat- (13) to limit the individual movement or displacement of the pockets, as will hereinafter more fully appear.

As shown each pocket is formed from sheet material, cut to form a flat blank. as shown in Figure 3, and each blank cornprises a rectangular side wall (14:) and a smaller and irregularly shaped side wall flexibly connected together along a single fold line 16. so that the twoside walls can. be folded. toward each other to form the pocket. The two side walls are provided with. notches (1T) and (18) for the cleat (13), said notches being): of such size that the pocllets car-.1 be raised to some extent, as shown in Figure Tbefcre liaring this individual movement limitcdby the cleat (13), thus permitting each pocket to be shifted bodily a distance from between theothor pockets. but preventing the complete removal of any pocket after the pockets are all incorporated in the structure of the filing device, except for the fact that each pocket, being flexible, an be buckled or flexed within the container until its notches (l7) and (18) are out of en gageinent with the cleat (13), and the pocket thus flexed or buckled can thenbe pulled upwardly out of the container. The different containers are, of course, inserted in the same way, by flexing or buckling each pocket a little until it is in position to slide downward past the cleat (l3), and releasing the pocket from its flexed or buckled position and permits it to spring back into flat condition, causing its notches to engage the said cleat. Each pocket has a strip partially cut away from the side wall (14.), thus forming the oblong rectangular opening (19) therein, and this strip is then turned upward and then bent down and glued or otherwise fastened to the other surface of the side wall (let), thereby to form the tab (20) upon which the number or other indication is placed to facilitate the finding of the desired record. Also, shown, the side wall (lt) of each pocket previously forn'ied at its upper edge with a shallow notch (21) to facilitate the grasp ing of the upper edges of the records when it is desired to remove them from the pockets. The side wall (15) of each pocket has the irregular edge (22), and it 'ill be seen that the two side walls of different pockets are easily made from a rectangular section of sheet material of the same size as the rectangular side wall ,(l l), so that three rectangular sections of this size are sufficient two pockets, there being very little waste of material resulting from the cutting of the blanks in this manner. To facilitate the insertion of the records in the pockets, the upper edge portion of each side wall (15) is preferably provided with a border or margin (23) which contrasts sharply with the general surface of the pocket whereby the user of the records may easily see just where the edge of the record must enter between the two side walls in order to properly insert any record in its allotted pocket.

The upper edge of the chamber (10) is p rovided at the mouth thereof with a cleat (24) to engage the upper edges of the rear end walls (12) ofthe containers, when the latter are pulled out and then tilted downward in the manner shown in Figure 7. Time. as stated, the containers all have the same externaldimensions, and may be pulled out ward bodily until. the stops (8) engage the shoulders (9) and the containers will then be tilted downward to some extent to facilitate the'tindiug of the desired-record. In Figure 7, the-container is adapted to receive pockets and records of maximum size. whereas in Figure 11 the container is equipped with a false bottom (2-5) and a false rear end wall (26) to, in effect, provide a smaller container for records of a smaller size-that is to say, for records of less diameter. Thus some of the pockets are smaller than others, being made smaller to fit interior of one or more of the contain and in order to receive the flat disk-like records of less diameter.

In Figures 12 and 13 the index device comprises a flat sect-ion (27) of sheet material provided with foldable flaps or sections (28) and (29), connected thereto along fold lines and (31), respectively. The index card thus formed is inserted in the container at one side of the pockets and records in the manner shown in dotted lines in Figure 13, and may be pulled upward and bent over for inspection, as shown in full lines in said figure of the drawings, so that the number of the pocket containing the desired record may be ascertained.

As shown in Figure 14;, the pockets are provided with slots (31) to engage the rod inserted through the slots of the different pockets. in place of the cleat (13) and notches (17) and (18) previously described. Vith this method, however, the rod (32) is removable endwise from the container, by forcing it through the side walls of the container in order to permitthe insertion, as well as the complete removal, of the pockets.

As shown and described. one side wall of each container is higher than the other, so that the upper edge of this side wall will protect the upper edges of the pockets, and especially the tabs thereof, against breakage or injury by the structure which forms the enclosing cabinet. WVhen the containers are in upright position, there is sufficient clearance above to permit any container to be lifted upward until the groove at the bottom thereof is disengaged from the; stop which limits its outward movement, and in this way each container with the pockets and records therein can be lifted up and pulled completely out of the cabinet. when it is necessary or desirable to do this. The pro tecting upper'edge of the higher side wall of each container serves, therefore, as stated,

to prevent the upper edges of the pockets from coming in contact with the cabinet structure immediately above, as when the containers are pulled out or pushed back into the cabinet.

' Thus, with the the construction shown and described, which is illustrative of the inven} tiou, each pocket has individual. .uiovement, to a limited extent, from between the other pockets, and the pockets are all mo vable together to bring them into position outward for inspection of the records each container ispreferably in an upright position-that is to say, in such a position that its open side is at the top, so that the records are at such time in vertical planes. Thus the pockets held in the container have movement bodily in a straight direction and are then all-tilted together into position for inspection, and are then each individually movable bodily'a distance from between the other pockets. In this way, before the record can be removed from any particular pocket, such pocket must first move bodily with all the other pockets, then swing with all the other pockets into another position, and then move alone into its final position to permit removal of the record therefrom.

Each container moves bodily outward, and then tilts about an axis formed by the upper edge of the strip 8 which axis extends transversely and horizontally across the front of the cabinet.

As shown in Figures 15 and 16 the con tainers are all of the same height, but are of different depths, so that some of them extend farther into the cabinet or casing than the others. As shown, the container 333 has a false bottom 34; to support records of a smaller size. On the otherhand, the container 35 is larger and it is has no false bottom, so that larger records may be held in this container.

As shown in Figures 1'? and 18, the blank from which the pocket is made is provided with a short tab 36 which forms a filler for the interior of the thumb piece 37, which latter is formed from a strip cut from the blank, in the manner previously described.

From the foregoing itwill be seenthat the sliding containers are each adapted to hold any suitable or desired number of pockets or envelopes which receive the records, and are movable into and out of the cabinet or casing, as well as being entirely removable therefrom, when it is desired to take out a container to facilitate inspection of the records. The upper wall to which the stop 24 is fastened forms a covering means to normally close the tops of the containers 2, and to normally close the open upper edges of the pockets which contain the records in the vertical. planes in which they are finally presented for removal. Thus the records are presented in planes at right angles to the axis of the swinginoor tilting motion of each container.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. In a filing device for talking machine records, the combination of individual fiat pockets open at edges thereof for receiving and. holding the records fiatwise together, structural provisions whereby each pocket is individually movable bodily a distance up ward from between the other pockets, to facilitate upward removal of any particular record from between the others, by raising the upper edge of such record a distance above the others, stationary means normally closing the open edges of said pockets, and movable supporting means open only at the top thereof when iniinal position for in spection of the record, so that only the u per edges of the records are exposed, and whereby the pockets are retained flat-wise together and are movable edgewise' from storage position and are brought by final swinging motion into position in vertical planes to permit said upward movement of the pockets and facilitate said removal of the records, said pockets and supporting means having only movement together en mass except for said individual movement of each pocket as stated.

2. In filingdevice for phonograph records, an open top container, a cabinet there for and means whereby the container is morable bodily outward, causing edgewise movement of said records, and is adapted with its contents in fixed relation therein to then tilt forward to present said records in vertical planes extending at an angle to the axis of the tilting motion, having lower means to limit the outward movement, upper means to limit the tilting movement, and means inside the container to separate the records from each other and facilitate the individual upward removal thereof.

3. In a filing device, a pocket formed of sheet material comprising two side wall. sections united only at one straight edge thereof, so thatlateral support is necessary to preventthe walls from spreading apart,

havingone wall not more than one-half the area of the other, whereby three sections of sheet material each like the larger wall is sufficient for two pockets in the blan ring out of the sheet material, and supporting means to hold said pocket in position for use.

l. A. pocket as specified in claim 3, the upper edge of the smaller wall being lower than the other wall and having a border which contrasts with the surface of the pocket to indicate the point of entry between the two walls.

A pocket. as specified in claim-3, both of said walls being cut away to engage retaining means and permit limited movement of the pocket bodily from between other similar pockets.

6. A. pocket as specified in claim 3, one wall thereof having a strip cut therefrom and doubled over and secured to the other surface of the wall to form an index tab for the top of the pocket.

7. In a filing device for records, the combination of a plurality of containers which are each movable independently into position to facilitate upward removal of the contents thereof, causing edgewise movement of the records from their storage posi tion,.with a false bottom in one or more of said containers, upon which to support smaller records, so that a plurality of records of different sizes can be placed in said containers, whereby the containers thus of different internal capacity are all of'uniform appearance outside and have the same ex ternal dimensions and operate uniformly, and whereby the records of different sizes have their edges uniformly presented for access thereto in the different containers.

8. A structure as specified in claim 22, and a false end wall for the container having the false bottom.

9. In a filing device, a pocket formed of sheet material comprising side walls one of which has its upper edge below the other and provided with a border which contrasts with the surface of the pocket to indicate the point of entry between the two walls, and means to support said pocket in operative position to receive an article therein.

10. In a filing device, a pocket having one wall thereof formed with an index tab formed by a strip cut from the wall and doubled over and secured to the other surface of the wall, and means to support said pocket in operative position to receive an article therein.

11. In a filing device, a sheet having a strip cut therefrom and doubled over and secured to the other surface of the sheet to form an index tab for theedge of the sheet and means to support said device with said tub in operative position for use.

12. In a filing device, a container, sheets in said container having tabs at their upper edges, and an index sheet comprising two sections connected to fold into one corner of the container and a third section connected. to fold over horizontally and having thereon means to indicate'by reference to said tabs the contents of said container.

13. In a filing device, a flat pocket, and supporting means whereby the pocket is first movable bodily in the plane thereof, causing edgewise displacement ofthe pocket from its storage position, then in a tilting or swinging manner in fixedrelation to said supporting means, and thereafter is movable bodily upward in a vertical plane to facilitate upward removal of the contents thereof.

1 1-. In a cabinet having a filing device, a flat rigid container having one open end, adapted to hold the articles to be filed, flat members in the container to separate the articles and facilitate the individual upward removal thereof, stationary covering means normally closing said open I end, means whereby said container is first movable bodily away from said closing means, causing edgewise movement of said members, and provisions whereby said container with said members and articles therein are thereafter movable in fixed relation to each other Cir about an axis to bring said open end thereof upward into position to present said members in vertical planes with their upper edges exposed to facilitate access to and upward removal of said articles individually from the top of the container.

15. A structure as specified in claim 14 in combination with means above the eontainer to limit the said first movement.

16. A structure as specified in claim 14, said axis being horizontal and extending transversely across the front of said cabinet.

ANDREW L. WEIS. 

